1 Samuel 2:23
“And he said vnto them, Why doe ye such things? for I heare of your euil dealings, by all this people.”
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1 Samuel 2:23 Context
21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that shee conceiued, and bare three sonnes, and two daughters: and the child Samuel grew before the Lord. 22¶ Now Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto all Israel, and how they lay with the women that assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation 23And he said vnto them, Why doe ye such things? for I heare of your euil dealings, by all this people. 24Nay my sonnes: for it is no good report that I heare; yee make the Lords people to transgresse. 25If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shall iudge him: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not vnto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 2:23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
- King James Version
He said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
- Basic English Bible
And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.
- Darby Bible
And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
- Webster's Bible
He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
- World English Bible
and he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people -- these!
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said unto them: 'Why do ye such things? for I hear evil reports concerning you from all this people.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 2:23
2:23 He said, &c. - Eli's sin was not only that he reproved them too gently, but that he contented himself with a verbal rebuke, and did not restrain them, and inflict those punishments upon them which such high crimes deserved by God's law, and which he as judge and high - priest ought to have done, without respect of persons.